{"id":5316,"date":"2022-09-03T10:13:45","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T04:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/?p=5316"},"modified":"2024-12-27T18:31:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T13:01:55","slug":"a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/2022\/09\/03\/a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words\/","title":{"rendered":"291: A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">ALSO, IT IS PRONE TO THOUSAND OF INTERPRETATIONS<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5322 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vikrant-data.jpg-indian-express-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vikrant-data.jpg-indian-express-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vikrant-data.jpg-indian-express-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vikrant-data.jpg-indian-express.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Pic Courtesy: Indian Express<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Random Thoughts<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Well done India &#8211; INS Vikrant (Indigenous Aircraft Carrier {IAC-1}, Commissioned.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">United States &#8211;\u00a0 11,\u00a0\u00a0China &#8211; 3,\u00a0\u00a0India, United Kingdom &amp; Italy &#8211; 2each,\u00a0\u00a0Russia, France &amp; Spain- 1 each.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Important is joining the elite group of nations \u2013\u00a0 US, Russia, France,\u00a0 UK, and China \u2013 who are capable of designing and constructing aircraft carriers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Are two aircraft carriers adequate?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Can we afford a third one?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Where would be it on the priority list?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Aircraft Carrier or Submarines?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5320 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MILITARY_-Chinas-aircraft-carriers-infographic-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"345\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MILITARY_-Chinas-aircraft-carriers-infographic-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MILITARY_-Chinas-aircraft-carriers-infographic.jpg 515w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Pic Courtesy: Graphic news<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\">Random Thoughts<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\">Rapid growth in China&#8217;s Shipbuilding capability.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\">Numerically PLAN has overtaken USN.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\">Soon it will be from 3 to 6, for two fleet operations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\">It is a matter of time before the Chinese fleet ventures into IOR.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\">Convert ANC from iron curtain to steel curtain.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\">Look into the islands on the western seaboard.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5323 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/main-qimg-1d3982e6f79d467edd7da0b5bf4016e6-lq-215x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/main-qimg-1d3982e6f79d467edd7da0b5bf4016e6-lq-215x300.png 215w, https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/main-qimg-1d3982e6f79d467edd7da0b5bf4016e6-lq.png 602w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Pic Courtesy: Visual Capitalist<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 14pt; color: #000080;\">Random Thoughts<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000080;\">India has overtaken the UK and is at the number 5 position now.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000080;\">Predictions are that India would reach number 3 position in the future behind China and USA.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000080;\">Ranking apart the disparity between the value of the economy is very large.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000080;\">Another prediction says in future India will have 20% of the world&#8217;s working population.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000080;\">It is predicted that it is the decade or the century of India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000080;\">There would be many ifs and unpredictable events to deal with.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5318 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/126497578_ukraine_invasion_south_map_2x-nc.png.webp-bbc-300x228.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/126497578_ukraine_invasion_south_map_2x-nc.png.webp-bbc-300x228.webp 300w, https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/126497578_ukraine_invasion_south_map_2x-nc.png.webp-bbc-1024x779.webp 1024w, https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/126497578_ukraine_invasion_south_map_2x-nc.png.webp-bbc-768x584.webp 768w, https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/126497578_ukraine_invasion_south_map_2x-nc.png.webp-bbc.webp 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Pic Courtesy: BBC<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\">Random Thoughts<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\">In the pictures three things stand out.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\">A corridor in western Ukraine under Russian control. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\">Consolidation of Crimea &#8211; land connectivity with control over water and electricity supply lines.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\">Limited access to the sea for Ukraine.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\">Russia seems to have achieved its objectives.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\">Now it is wait and watch to formally end it on its terms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\">How long will the US-led west keep inciting Ukraine to continue the resistance?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\">Continued fighting is not good for Ukraine, Russia, and Europe in particular and the world in general.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\">Question then arises is WHY?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\">Is the threat to Petro-Dollar or is it the defence industry that is at play ?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5317 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/126171593_china_taiwan_military_balance-nc_2x640-nc.png-bbc-300x296.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/126171593_china_taiwan_military_balance-nc_2x640-nc.png-bbc-300x296.png 300w, https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/126171593_china_taiwan_military_balance-nc_2x640-nc.png-bbc-1024x1010.png 1024w, https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/126171593_china_taiwan_military_balance-nc_2x640-nc.png-bbc-768x757.png 768w, https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/126171593_china_taiwan_military_balance-nc_2x640-nc.png-bbc-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/126171593_china_taiwan_military_balance-nc_2x640-nc.png-bbc.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Pic Courtesy: BBC<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000; font-size: 14pt;\">Random Thoughts<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #800000;\">The disparity between the military strength of the two countries is large.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 14pt;\">At the same time it is not a walkover for China.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 14pt;\">What should the Taiwan strategy be?<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 14pt;\">Purely defensive, limited offense, or offensive defence?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 14pt;\">Read an appropriate word to explain it &#8211; Porcupine Strategy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #800000;\">In what form will the USA help Taiwan?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800080;\">Suggestions and value additions are most welcome<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; 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